Jugal KishoreM o h a p a t r aformer IAS,78appointed asC h a i r m a nNABARD.

SK Sharmaappointed asthe CMD ofNuclear PowerCorporation ofIndia Ltd.

Public Sector

Capt ArvindKathapalia, se-lected for thepost of Director(Operations),Air India Ltd.

K.Kaiashnathanformer IAS,79Chief Prl. Sec. tothe Gujarat CMhas been given1year extension.

Bureaucracy

Rajiv YadavIAS,81 is likely tobe appointed asChief Secretaryto the Govern-ment of Assam.

Sudeep Lakh-takia,IPS,84 ap-pointed as Addi-tional. Director-General in CRPF.

V C PharkhaIAS,83 ap-pointed as theChief Secretary,H i m a c h a lPradesh.

Anoop KumarMittal, CMD,NBCC new Pre-sident of DelhiManagement As-sociation (DMA).

C K Dey, Direc-tor (Finance),Coal India Limitedhold additionalcharge of CMD,ECL.

Ms.Kiran Bediformer IPS,72appointed asLieutenant Gov-ernor of Pudu-cherry.

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IAS IPSGarib Dass IPS (Jammu &Kash-

mir 1997) presently posted as DIG,North Kashmir. Range Jammu &Kash-mir Police,has been appointed as Di-rector, Vigilance (Police), Railway BoardNew Delhi.

Vivek V. Phansalkar IPS (Mahara-shtra 1989) presently posted as Addi-tional Director General of Police(ADGP),Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)Maharashtra Police, has been trans-ferred as ADGP Anti Corruption

Bureau(ACB) Maharashtra Police in place of ShriAtul Chandra Kulkarni IPS.

Ms.B. Sandhya IPS (Kerala 1988)presently posted as (ADGP) AdditionalDirector General (Modernisation)Kerala Police, has been appointed Ad-ditional Director General (SouthZone)Kerala Police

Surendra Singh Yadav IPS(AGMUT 1997) presently posted asDIG/Addl.CP, Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) Government of Delhi has beenpromoted to the rank of IGP/ JointCommissioner Delhi Police by UT Divi-

sion, Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA), Governmentof India

C KudawlaKaran Singha IPS (TamilNadu 1987) presently posted asAddl.DGP, Intelligence Tamil Nadu Po-lice, has been appointed as ADGP CB-CID, Tamil Nadu Police.

Rajender Kumar IAS (Gujarat2004) presently posted in home statecadre Government of Gujarat hasbeen appointed as Deputy Secretaryin the Department of Personnel & Train-ing (DoPT) Government of India..

Manish Thakur IAS (Assam-Meghalaya 1998) presently posted asCommissioner & Secretary, HigherEducation Department, Soil Conser-vation Department, Government ofAssam, has been appointed as Joint

Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of De-fence, Government of India.

Gyanesh Kumar IAS (Kerala1988) presently posted as ResidentCommissioner, Kerala House, NewDelhi, has been appointed as JointSecretary, Ministry of Home Affairs,Government of India.

Ms.Meeran Chadha BorwankarIPS (Maharashtra 1982) recently ap-pointed as Director General of Bureauof Police Research & Development(BPR&D) has taken over the chargeas DG BPR&D, Ministry of Home

Affairs(MHA), Government of India.

Tarun Shridhar IAS (HimachalPradesh 1984) presently posted asAdditional Chief Secretary, Personnel,Revenue, Shimla Government ofHimachal, will be appointed as Addi-tional Chief Secretary to Chief Minis-

ter Virbhadra Singh.

Ms. Amita Prasad IAS (KN 1985),Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Re-sources, River Development andGanga Rejuvenation, has been ap-pointed as Additional Secretary, Min-istry of Environment, Forest and Cli-

mate Change.

U P Singh IAS (Orissa 1985), Ad-ditional Secretary, Ministry of Petro-leum and Natural Gas has been ap-pointed as Additional Secretary, Min-istry of Water Resources, River De-velopment and Ganga Rejuvenation

Ratan P Watal IAS (Retired) (AP1978), Former Finance Secretary ,hasbeen appointed as Principal Adviser(Social Sector), NITI Aayog on usualterms of appointment for a period ofthree years.

Snehlata Shrivastava lAS (MadhyaPradesh 1982) presently posted asSpecial Secretary, Department of Fi-nancial Services, Ministry of Financehas been appointed as Secretary,Department of Justice.

Nikhilesh Jha IAS (Manipur 1984)presently posted as Additional Secre-tary, Ministry of Water Resources,River Development and Ganga Reju-venation Government of India ,hasbeen appointed as Additional Secre-

tary and Financial Adviser, Department of Food andPublic Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs.

Rajani Ranjan Rashmi IAS(Manipur 1983) presently posted asAdditional Secretary, Department ofCommerce, Ministry of Commerce andIndustry Government of India has beenappointed as Additional Secretary,

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Ms Shalini Prasad IAS (UttarPradesh 1985) presently posted aslabour Commissioner Kanpur Govern-ment of Uttar Pradesh,has been ap-pointed as Additional Secretary, Min-istry of Power Government of India.

Ms. Sushma Chauhan IAS (Jammu & Kashmir 2009) presentlyawaiting on posting has been ap-pointed as Director Tourism, Jammu& Kashmir Government in place of ShriR.K Verma IAS.

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IFSDr A V S Ramesh Chandra IFS

(1989) presently High Commissionerof India to Uganda, has been ap-pointed as the Ambassador of India toRomania.

Ms Namgya C Khampa IFS(2000) presently posted in cadre, hasbeen appointed as Director in thePrime Minister’s Office (PMO) for aperiod of three years.

Anurag Jain Gets Two-Year ExtensionAs Joint Secy PMO

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Anurag Jain, whois working as Joint Secretary in Prime Minister’sOffice, was today given two years of extension incentral deputation. He is a 1989-batch IAS officer ofMadhya Pradesh cadre.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet hasapproved the extension of central deputation ten-ure of Jain for a period of two years beyond June28, 2016, an order issued by Department of Per-sonnel and Training said. An IAS officer normallygets a minimum of five-year central deputation ten-ure which is further extendable for two more years.However, the Centre can extend the deputationperiod further under exceptional circumstances. Jaintook over as the Joint Secretary in the PMO onJanuary 1, 2015. He had been on central deputa-tion since June 29, 2011. He has held various posts

both in the Centre and in the state including of Collector of Bhopal, Secretary toMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Joint Secretary in theFinance Ministry.

Jaya Goes For Bureaucratic Shake-UpHours After Taking Charge

Chennai: Hours after J Jayalalithaa assumed officeas Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu government today effectedshuffling of senior IPS officers besides transferring sev-eral IAS officers, reversing several changes made in therun up to polls under the directions of Election Commis-sion.

The government brought back former Chennai Po-lice Commissioner T K Rajendran, DGP and IG prisons,as Chennai Police Commissioner replacing AshutoshShukla. S George, DGP and Chairman of Tamil NaduUniformed Services Recruitment Board will hold addi-tional charge as IG prison. Shukla has been posted asADGP, Enforcement, in place of J K Tripthy, an officialrelease said. Tripathy is back as ADGP, Law and Order,

vice C Shylendra Babu, who was transferred and posted as ADGP, Coastal Secu-rity group.

Rajendran and Tripathy were transferred on the directions of EC following com-plaints from DMK. Karan Singha, ADGP, Intelligence, was transferred as ADGP CB-CID and K N Sathyamurthy, IGP, was transferred as IGP, Intelligence.

In the IAS-level transfers, T N Venkatesh, who was posted Collector of TiruvarurDistrict during the run up to the polls, was posted as MD of Tamil Nadu HandloomWeaver Cooperative Society, replacing A Gnanasekaran. M Mathivanan, who wasTiruvarur Collector till last month, will resume his previous posting.

Woman police officer from Adilabad conquers Mt EverestAdditional superintendent of police of Adilabad district GR Radhika

created a new record by scaling Mount Everest. Radhika, 36, hasbecome the first woman police officer from South India to climb thehighest peak in the world. Also, she was the only woman member of theteam that scaled the Everest. She climbed Mount Everest from thenorthern side at a height of 8,850 metres in 36 days. On April 11 shereached Kathmandu in Nepal and from there Radhika, along with herteam, reached the base camp No.1 near Lhasa in Tibet on April 14.However, she had to wait for 10 days at the base camp as the Chinesegovernment delayed clearing her immigration. Also, tremors kept theteam of mountaineers away from trekking. The 10-member team in-cluded three foreigners, six Indians and an NRI from Dubai. After the10-day delay, the team went on to climb Mount Everest and achievethe rare feat on Friday.

Mother of two children, Radhika is also the first Indian woman toconquer the 7,077-metre Kun mountain, the twin of Nun, located in theinhospitable Zanskar range of the Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir,on September 7, 2015 after a gruelling climb for over 10 days.

The Indian Mountaineering Foundation declared her to be holdingthe record for an Indian woman. She finished her basic and advancedmountaineering courses and climbed the 5,980 metre-high Golep Kangripeak, also in the harsh Zanskar Range in 2013. A native to Anantapurdistrict of Andhra Pradesh, she was selected as deputy superinten-dent of police in 2007.

She also served as an assault commander in the elite anti-Naxalforce, Greyhounds. Radhika served as DSP of Nellore district from2009 to 2011. In 2012, she was posted as Karimnagar Range DSP andelevated as additional SP in 2015 and posted in Adilabad district. Radhikais a lecturer-turned-police officer. On the policing front, Radhika wasinstrumental in bringing about a change in Kajjarla village in Talamadugumandal of the district, which she adopted. Radhika took the initiave ofmaking the village liquor-free and brought about the change by coun-selling the villagers on the ill effects of consuming alcohol.

Atulchandra Kulkarni New Maha ATS ChiefMumbai: IPS officer Atulchandra

Kulkarni today assumed charge as the newchief of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad

(ATS). Kulkarni, a 1990 batch IPS of-ficer, served as Joint Commissionerof Police (Crime) for last one year,and has replaced Vivek Phansalkar,who has been transferred to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The crimebranch under Kulkarni detected sev-eral cases of murder and robbery besides putting a tight leashon activities of underworld in the city. Apart from working as thecity’s crime branch chief, Kulkarni had worked in counter terror-ism department. He began his career from Nanded district as anadditional SP and worked in Jalgaon, Buldhana, Nagpur (antinaxalite operations), Bhandara and in Kosvo for UN mission.

T K RajendranChennai PoliceCommissioner

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Bureaucracy

Lav in RevenueThe lovely officer Lav Agarwal is the new commissioner of

disaster management and ex-officio secretary of revenue (DM)department. Khass baat is, where ever the officers goes setsan example.

With SmileCome with a wish and it is fulfilled !That’s

the charisma of big boss Anurag Sharma ,wholistens to his team with patience, understandstheir problems, needs and help them out withsome easy solutions. They come tensed andleave with a big smile.Their grievances areresolved once they meet him and it is done !Things are pretty cool under his command,be it policing, transfers or postings.A real su-per cop !

Not AgainAs per the sources AP government’s pro-

posal to grant three months extension to DGPJ.V.Ramudu, with this news the officer whomissed the chance earlier has to wait again.Allknow who are the officers in the race, not tomention their names, as already they are in dis-tress. That's why we say not again.

Hello VizagOffcier T.Yoganand took over as com-

missioner of police of Visakhapatnam. It’s akey posting and some of the officers weredreaming for it, but ultimately the govern-ment picked a officer with a clean profile forthe posting. Best choice…!

Why !Why the Visakhapatnam city Police Commissioner

Amit Garg has been transferred is a discussion in thepower corridor, it's a well known fact that the politicianswere not able to continue their ‘netagiri’ in Amit's regime,so they started influencing the CM whenever he visitedthe city. It’s an unfair trend and a loss to the government.In transfer the officer is posted as IG (P&L).

Laddha in IBVijayawada city Addl. CP Mahesh Chandra Laddha

has been promoted to IG and posted as IG intelli-gence, which is considered to be the crucial posting.Infact this is the best choice,as the officer profile suitsfor a department like IB.

Inn….The Telangana Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma will be in for

another three months till next August 30.The CM himself broughtthis matter to the notice of the PM, this shows the impact & theneed of Sharma's services for the government.

King-Size Kallam Ajay Kallam is one of the preferred officer in all the

governments.The officer who has top portfolios like com-mercial taxes,excise, registration & stamps is also work forfinance department.That's why we said king-size Kallam….!

No PendingOfficer PV.Ramesh, who is posted as principal secretary

environment,forests,science & technology will also be devel-opment commissioner & ex-officio principal secretary to theAP CM.He will handle pending related issues...! Now he will beon ‘no pending ‘campaign.

Social SinghShamsher Singh Rawat will be now in the role of ‘so-

cial’, the officer will now look into social welfare work, assecretary of the SW department.

Jai hoGHMC Commissioner Dr.B.Janardhan Reddy had

a hectic month followed by many initiatives.First comesthe 24x7 emergency services during the recent stormywinds followed by heavy rains in the city. Officer calleda meeting with various departments to save thetrees.Another one is the Job Mela through which around489 youth got employment. The corruption is controlledbecause of the immense use of online services.Nowthe officer is busy in Ramazan festival arrangements.That’s the reason he is endorsed as ‘Jai ho’.

Just WatchA team of the officers visited US & UK to study

the surveillance system in place in cities like Wash-ington DC and London.The Hyderabad Police ChiefM.Mahendar Reddy already took a step ahead ininstalling the CCTV cameras around the city.We wantto endorse that after the trip the officer will definitelygo for implementation, whichever is needed for citypolice.That's why we said to watch the new additionsfrom the officer, who is very particular.

FirstThe cool cop B.Malla Reddy, who is promoted to rank

of IG is posted as Managing Director of newly-formedTelangana State Police Housing Corporation.As till nowDG rank officer held the post,but now this post is scaleddown to IG rank.So, Mr.Reddy will be the first MD of theCorporation.Mr.Reddy is a very soft & a sincere officer.

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‘Bharosa’ continuesRecently the Hyderabad police started a novel 24x7

one-stop center called ‘ Bharosa’ for the safety of women &children.The Center will provide integrated services relatedto police, medical,legal, prosecuting and psycho-therapeu-tic counselling. The versatile lady officer Swati Lakra is lead-ing the initiative,which is moving tremendous like ‘She teams’.

New AvtarsNew officers enters as DCP in Hyderabad

& Cyberabad Police.Smt. B.Sumathi, SP,Medak district is transferred and posted asD.C.P. North Zone and where as SunpreetSingh A.S.P. Bellampally, Adilabad transferredand posted as D.C.P. Shamshabad.Bestwishes to both the officers.

The HomeOfficer A.R. Anuradha is posted as principal secretary of

the Home Department in the existing vacancy.She also holdsfull additional charge as the Director-General Vigilance andEnforcement wing.If we are not wrong she is the first lady tohold this position.

Go greenThe SCB will plant 1 lakh sapling from this month

and more over ATMs will be installed to supply pure &safe drinking water free of cost.The SCB CEO SujathaGupta will lead the go green campaign.The awesome &the outstanding lady officer is still in the headlines.

No stoppage As always the lady officer Smita Sabharwal is on

working mode, no question of stopping for a while.Whether cleaning of files or any issues pertaining toher subjects, things move perfectly & on time.So,better to agree, appreciate the officer and accept thisrather than interfering unnecessarily.Let the intelli-gent media also understand it.

Return to RegimeThe communication advisor to CM, AP Parakala

Prabhakar is back to the regime after a series ofheart surgeries.He was on complete rest and nowafter recovering he held the command again.

JC Sharma @ GADOfficer Jagdish Chandra Sharma will be holding the

full additional charge of principal secretary political(GAD).Earlier Mr.Sharma got the opportunity to serveas ex-officio member of TTD.

Big RoleOfficer Anjani Kumar is set to play a big role in the

state police, as he is appointed as Addl. DG (L&O) , acrucial posting.In fact from the beginning the officer'sname was making rounds for the above post and ulti-mately he got an opportunity to serve in the state.Hisperformance in city police was just outstanding.

Bullet SpeedThe HMR MD NVS.Reddy is now in bullet speed

mode.During the last inspection he directed theofficer to speed up the corridor-3 work,so that theproject is completed in time. He is committed to-wards the metro project from the beginning.

ApplaudThis cop is again on screen and this time his ef-

forts are been appreciated on national level.Talkingabout Cyberabad police chief C.v.Anand and the ‘snakegang’ because of his efforts the dangerous gang isbeen punished by the judiciary. This case has increasedmore trust & faith on the khakis and created a fear intothe people who are involved in the illegal act.

Good oneOfficer Y.Nagi Reddy posted as IGP, North

Zone, the officer was serving as Addl.CP (SB) ear-lier to the posting.The officer is known for his hardwork in the bureaucracy, his performance earnedhim this, which is quite a ‘good ’ post.

New TaskDr. Akun Sabharwal, who has shaken the drug in-

dustry with his tight monitoring is the new DIG ofHyderabad range.In fact the young officer was also hold-ing the Director post in Prohibition & Excise.So, after thebest performance he is all set for a new task.

BackDana Kishore is back again as MD of HMWS &

SB.The government wanted the officer like Kishorefor the Water Board and that’s the reason he isposted back to the same post.This shows Kishore’sstyle of working.

Took OverThe young officer Avinash Mohanty, who head

the Traffic department of Cyberabad for a long time,where he put lot of efforts to set the system is nowenters the Hyderabad city police.The officer took overas D.C.P., CCS & DD and begin his work.

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Public SectorNLC Bags ‘National Award’

NLC has been conferred with the‘National Award for Outstanding Indus-trial Relations’ for the year 2014-15 byAll India Organization of Employers(AIOE) an allied body of FICCI, for itsIndustrial Relations. Bandaru.Dattatreya, Minister of Labour & Em-ployment, Government of India pre-sented the award to NLC. ShriThiagaraju, GM/HR received the awardon behalf of NLC at the Annual Gen-eral Meeting of AIOE held on May 9,2016 in Federation House, Delhi.

All India Organizations of Employ-ers (AIOE) is an allied body of FICCI which has been serving the cause of Indian enterprisesby promoting sound industrial relations and better understanding between employers andworkers on the mutuality of interest. This Award is awarded to the companies, who have giveninnovative approaches to foster harmonious industrial relations through bipartite mechanism,reducing conflicts, loss of mandays, promoting employers’ welfare and development avenues,contributing to higher motivation, moral and productivity improvement.

As part of the competition, NLC competed with the 20 organizations ( Both Private andPublic Sector) in the south Zone and was shortlisted for final presentation. Finally the Nationallevel presentation round held with ten finalists. The Jury comprising of famous and respectedpersonalities of India like Hon’ble Former Chief Justice of India declared NLC for First runner-up for the award. The award recognizes such organizations across the country that hasoutstanding industrial relations. Senior Executives and Employees of Industrial Relations Dept.and Human Resources Dept. handed over the award to Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NLC atCorporate Office on 21.05.2016. Shri Acharya congratulated all Executives of IR&HR forwinning the significant award.

SAIL clocks record sales of 3.79 MT in Q4New Delhi The audited financial results of Steel Authority of India

Limited (SAIL) for the financial year 2015-16 were taken on record bythe Board of Directors here today. The Company witnessed all roundimprovement in performance in Q4, FY16 clocking record sales of 3.79Million Tonnes (MT), which is the highest ever in a quarter by the Com-pany and higher by 30% over Q3, FY16 and 20% higher over corre-sponding period of last year (CPLY).

During the quarter ending March 2016, the EBIDTA improved by26% over the quarter ending December, 2015 inspite of a lower NSR.The debt equity ratio of the Company improved to 0.85 on 31st March

2016 from 0.90 on 31st December 2015. The management initiatives towards cost reductionand improved inventory management also contributed to the improvement in financial param-eters. Expenditure per tonne of saleable steel came down by around 10% during Q4, FY16 ascompared to Q3 on account of reduction in cost of production, higher volumes and othermanagement initiatives.

Company’s sales turnover in Q4, FY16 was Rs12,612 crores as against Rs 9,928 croresin Q3, FY16 on account of higher volumes. Inspite of 20% higher sales, SAIL’s gross turnoverfor Q4, FY16 was impacted by lower NSR and it stood at Rs 12,612 crores as against Rs12,886 Crores in Q4, FY15. The Company’s sales turnover for FY16, inspite of higher vol-umes, was also lower at Rs 43,337 crores compared to Rs 50,627 crores in FY15 due toreduction in NSR. Speaking on the occasion, Chairman, SAIL, Mr P.K. Singh said, “The chal-lenging conditions faced by domestic industry received some respite after introduction of theconducive policy measures by Government in the form of Safeguard duty and MIP. We havewitnessed better figures in the last quarter of FY16.

ONGC Q4 net grows 12 percent onexceptional gain

State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Thurs-day reported an over 12 percent rise in net profit for the fourthquarter ended March on the back of an exceptional gain, on a daywhen global crude oil prices touched $50 mark for the first time thisyear. ONGC’s net profit on a standalone basis was Rs.4,416 crorefor the January-March quarter, compared to the Rs.3,935 crore inthe same period a year ago, the company said in a release here.However, total income from operations fell 24 percent toRs.16,384.77 crore from Rs.21,647.49 crore in the same quarterlast year.

The company said its other income quadrupled to Rs.3,392 crore, adding it partly re-versed a previously taken charge resulting in an exceptional gain of Rs.852.2 crore in thequarter in question, against exceptional loss of Rs.3,994 crore in the previous quarter.

The ONGC board also recommended a final dividend of Rs.3.25 per equity share of Rs.5each for fiscal 2015-16. “The board recommended a final dividend of 65 percent. The companyhad earlier declared interim dividend of 105 percent for the year. Thus the total dividend forFY’16 has been 170 percent,” the statement said.

“ONGC crude oil production recorded a rise for the second consecutive year. Offshore oilproduction has gone up by 2.1 percent rising from 16.19 million tonnes (FY’15) to 16.54 MT(FY’16),” it added. Profit for full fiscal 2015-16 fell 9.8 percent to Rs.16,003.7 crore comparedto previous year due to exceptional loss of Rs.3,142.2 crore, ONGC said.

BHEL bags Rs.1,600 Crore order for settingup Thermal Power Project in Odisha

gainst International Competitive Bidding (ICB), Bharat HeavyElectricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged an order for setting up a coal-based thermal power project in Odisha. The 1×250 MW coal-basedthermal unit will be set up at Rourkela Power Project on Engineering,Procurement & Construction (EPC) basis. Valued at over Rs.1,600 Crore,the order for the Stage-III of the brownfield power project, located inRourkela district of Odisha, has been placed on BHEL by NTPC-SAIL

Power Company Private Limited (NSPCL), a Joint Venture of NTPC & SAIL. BHEL had earlierexecuted the coal-based 2×250 MW Bhilai Expansion power plant for NSPCL. BHEL is theleading supplier of power plant equipment to NTPC and its Joint Ventures, having contributedmore than 80% share of their coal based installed capacity. BHEL’s scope of work in the projectincludes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing & commis-sioning of the 1×250 thermal power plant on EPC basis.

Coal India to offer 79 million tonnes coal for e-auctionCoal India would tentatively offer over 79 million tonnes of coal for e-

auction for power producers and also for non-power sector consumersin the August to March period of the current fiscal, the state-run miningcompany announced. The coal company notified tentative schedule for“information and advance planning by the prospective consumers”.

Of the total coal to be offered, over 63 million tonnes will be offered forspecial forward e-auction for power producers and 16 million tonnes willbe earmarked for exclusive e-auction for non-power consumers. Thenotice said over 33 million tonnes of coal to be auctioned for power

producers under special forward e-auction will be made available through road transport andover 29 million tonnes will be sent by rail.

NBCC Posts a Substantial 32% Growth in ToplineNBCC, the state owned Navratna Enterprise, under the Ministry of

Urban Development, Govt. of India, has registered a substantial 32%Growth in Top line during FY 2015-16 as compared to the previousyear. The Annual Financial Results for FY 2015-16, announced on 16thMay 2016, shows the Company posting a Profit of Rs.311 Crore whileits total Income has surged to Rs.5838 Crore. Speaking to the Mediaon the occasion, Shri Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-ManagingDirector of the Company said that the Company had been consistently

performing well and informed that the Order Book position of the Company as of now, stood atmore than Rs.35000 Crore and was likely to touch the figure of approximately 60,000 Crore innext few months. Elaborating upon the business outlook, Shri Mittal stated that the Company’sfocus areas in the coming years would primarily be PMC and Redevelopment works. He saidthat NBCC already had huge work orders from the Government in respect of the redevelop-ment of properties which included Rs.5000 Crore East Kidwai Nagar Redevelopment; Rs.2149Crore Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre for ITPO; AIIMS Redevelopment Works ofRs.5828 Crore etc. In this context, he also informed the Media that very soon NBCC would beadding to its kitty, three more Works of redevelopment of Govt. properties valuing approxi-mately Rs.25000 Crore and located at Netaji Nagar, Sarojini Nagar and Nauraji Nagar in Delhi.

UBI posts Rs.413 crore net loss in Q4State-run United Bank of India eported a net loss of Rs.413.04 crore for

the quarter ended March 31, 2016 due to fall in net interest income and highprovisions to cover bad loans, as against a net profit of Rs.104.52 crore inthe same quarter last year. The public sector bank’s net interest income fellby 42 percent to Rs.405.45 crore in the quarter under review as comparedto Rs.711 crore in the corresponding period last year, and operating profitstood at Rs.245.32 crore as against Rs 791.93 crore in the year-ago quar-

ter. The gross non-performing asset (NPA) was Rs.9,471 crore or 13.26 percent largely onaccount of impact of asset quality review (AQR). The net NPA was Rs.6,111 crore or 9.04percent as on March 31, 2016, the bank said in a BSE filing. “The slippage increased sequen-tially due to economic slowdown and also during the quarter as a part of asset quality re-view…” it said. The bank said that the total NPA recovery and upgradation for 2015-16 wasRs.2,093 crore with cash recovery of Rs.541.42 crore and reduction of the net NPA assetsamounted to Rs.890.35 crore through cash recovery and upgradation. During January-Marchquarter, the bank’s interest expended was Rs.1,973.40 crore due to increase of its depositbase by Rs.3,925 crore. Provisions and contingencies of the bank for the quarter was atRs.658.36 crore as compared to Rs.687.41 crore in the corresponding period last year.“Provision against non performing loans and advances has gone up from Rs.100.19 crore ason March 2015 to Rs.925.15 crore as on March 2016,” the bank said.

6 June, 2016MIDNIGHT REPORTER

Measuring S.P.Reddy

Height 9 th floor & Width ground floor

After staying 25 years in US, India got its son back in 2007 in a form of successfulentrepreneur and investor…! This son, who spread Information Technology, Healthcare,Hospitality and Real Estate business in US, Singapore & Malaysia turned back to the motherland with a commitment to invest, to serve and to give back to the society which gave him alot in his life time. It’s a rare happening, but the startling son of a retired Police Office,Mr.S.P.Reddydid it, proved it and set a example of his own by his dedication, by his services and by zeal ofgiving back. Let’s measure Mr.Reddy, off course which is not an easy task…!!!

Mr.Reddy did his Masters in Computer Science from Alabama A&M University, Hunts-ville, Alabama and B.E (Mechanical Engineering) from National Institute of Engineering, Mysore,India.Mr.Reddy is been a popular contributor and held several leadership positions in industrybodies/association such as: being a founder member and President& Chairman of GeorgiaIndo-American Chamber of Commerce, founding member of TiE-Atlanta Chapter, member ofAtlanta Hi-Tech CEO Council Executive Vice President, Indian American Political Action Com-mittee and founding member of non-profit and charitable entity called GATeS (Greater AtlantaTelangana Society)

In Information Technology :Mr.Reddy is a founder chairman & CEO of enGenius Consulting Group from 1995, the

company offers a broad range of IT-related services ranging from IT strategic planning, e-Governance, software development, business process reengineering, ERP implementation,Cyber Security and Network Management. The Company’s success has created the openingof two additional offices for enGenius in Huntsville, AL. and Washington, D.C.

Real Estate :Mr. Reddy is the Founder & Chairman and Managing Director of Terminus Infrastructure

India Pvt. Ltd, it’s a real estate development company constituted in the year 2007 soon aftergetting back from US.SLN Terminus, which is situated at Gachibowli is the first project fromthe company.This is the first of its kind of Mix-Used Commercial Complex in entire India builton 1 million sqft with a theme “retail, fine-dine, officer space &marriott executive apartments”.The company currently developing a township of high end gated community homes in finan-cial district, Gachibowli, Hyderabad.This will be a high end villas totaling to 47 named‘Krinss’.Whereas coming out with a 68 exclusive apartments ‘Hamptons’ at Kondapur in thejoint collaboration with ARK Infra Developers. He has 20 years of experience in real estatedevelopment in North America. He has successfully made investments in Self Storages,Office Complexes, Medical Building, Hotels, Retail Centers, Warehouses and land develop-ment.

Hospitality & Health Care :Mr.S.P.Reddy is an active investor and developer for more than two decades in hospitality

industry in North America and has built and operated more than 17 hotels of internationalbrands. He has been a franchisee of Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Inter Continental Hotels &Re-sorts , Marriott International &Choice hotels. Mr. S. P. Reddy is also an investor and serves asBoard of Director in two major Hospitals in Hyderabad.

Social Sector :Mr. S. P. Reddy is an investor and serves as Board of Director in Bollant Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Bollant is in the business of manufacturing of Bio Degradable and Eco Friendly packagingsolutions. The manufacturing plant employs uneducated disabled employees to bring outvarious natural leaf and paper based disposable consumer products and customized pack-aging solutions.

Mr. S.P. Reddy provides financial assistance and advisory services for a NGOSparsh.Currently serves on the board of IMPACT (Improving Access to Care and Treatment )for children with cancer. The survival rate of cancer children in the region was 2%, now with effortof IMPACT it has increased to over 60%. The abandonment rate of children with cancer amongthe weaker sections was 65% and has now been brought down to less than 5%.

Being a son of a retired police officer Mr Reddy knows the importance and always has highregards to the department and to the uniform. In 2014 in memory of his father Late Sri. S.L.NReddy has donated brand new Bolero Jeep and 5 Hero Honda Motor Cycles to CyberabadPolice. This was the time when Cyberabad Police was in acute shortage of vehicles for theofficers to move around. These vehicles were finally inducted into the Cyberabad Traffic Division.

Mr Reddy continues to support AP Retired Police Officers Association, where his father wasone of the founding members.

Mr Reddy also created annual student scholarship for graduating high school students in hisfather name in Hunstville, Alabama.

Technology Sector:Mr. S. P. Reddy is an investor and serves as Board of Director in iNNOVACXPvt Ltd. iNNOVACX

specializes in customer experience solutions based on Oracle’s best-in-class portfolio of CXSolutions. Mr Reddy is providing key strategic directions to the business.

Heart to Heart :During the talk Mr.Reddy stated that whatever I do , I do with heart, it would be business or

any kind of work. I just enjoy working and this joy made me successful.“I strongly believe inleadership & creating value for stake holders”.I believe in taking care of people working aroundme and I believe in working with honesty, integrity & with all moral ethics.”

Says Mr.S.P.Reddy. “My father told not to forget your past” , this punch line is more than amantra for me. He added.

Though it’s a king size story, but still something is missing…! Thats why we endorsed him as‘height 9th floor & width ground floor’.

Mr Reddy believes in the following quotes:“We MUST BECOME THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD”

-MAHATMA GANDHI

“THERE IS ONLY ONE BOSS. THE CUSTOMER. AND HE CAN FIRE EVERYBODY IN THECOMPANY FROM THE CHAIRMAN ON DOWN, SIMPLY BY SPENDING HIS MONEY SOME-WHERE ELSE”

-SAM WALTONFOUNDER OF WALMART

“WE THINK SOMETIMES THAT POVERTY IS ONLY BEING HUNGRY, NAKED AND HOME-LESS. THE POVERTY OF BEING UNWANTED, UNLOVED AND UNCARED FOR IS THEGREATEST POVERTY. WE MUST START IN OUR OWN HOMES TO REMEDY THIS KIND OFPOVERTY”

-MOTHER TERESA

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Branded ForNew & NaturalDesigns

New and natural designs withthe shade of Indian culture is theidentity of Raja, the most preferredinterior designer and the architectof the town. He is a firm founder ofRaja Architects, which is an Inte-rior/Architects design studio withaccomplished architects and inte-rior designers specializing in con-temporary and custom housedesigns.

“The design studio focuses onthe full range of Interior architec-tural services required by today’susers of residential, commercial,recreational and institutionalspace.From large to small scale,the holistic approach of the firm al-lows to concoct completely inte-grated design solutions and effec-tive implementation of innovativearchitecture, design and art.”Says Raja.

Raja entered the field in 2007and has been creating awe-inspir-ing additions to built environment.He focuses on all scales of con-struction, from simple buildings tourban re-think. His ability to createspaces that manipulate forms andsurfaces is his most notable feats.The strength of his designs lies inthe modernity and bases most ofthem on natural forms.

Raja strongly believes that theaesthetic qualities of a buildingshould sprout from the specificcharacteristics of each projectsuch as its placement, its construc-tion technology and its motive.Thebest thing about his designs is thatthey are deeply rooted in the In-dian culture despite being modernand classy.His fresh ideas and in-novative creativity have taken himtoday to heights of fame.

Raja

After Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh &Tamil Nadu ,Kerala has the highest number ofproperties owned by Pakistani nationals, ac-cording to the report.. The property is termed‘enemy property’ and are vested with the Cus-todian of Enemy Property (CEP) that comesunder the Union Home Ministry. But the ben-efits of the property are enjoyed by their legalheirs. With 45 Pakistani-owned properties,Malappuram district is on the top of the list,followed by Kozhikode (9), Kannur (5),

Palakkad (1) and Thrissur (1) districts. “The Pakistani citizens do not have any right over theland in the state as they belong to the Centre,” Assistant Commissioner (Land Assignment)Beena B was quoted as saying by The New Indian Express. The Indian government formedthe Custodian of Enemy Property after independence to take over the property left behind byindividuals who migrated to Pakistan. People were given the option either to go to Pakistan orstay in India following independence. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, 2186 enemyproperties are in India. The state of Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of enemy proper-ties (1468) followed by West Bengal (351), Delhi (66), and Gujarat (63).

Pakistani nationals own $202 millionworth of real estate in Kerala

KKR invests Rs 145 crore in Mantri DevelopersPrivate equity firm KKR has invested Rs 145 crore in Mantri Developers for a luxury

residential project in Bengaluru. The investment, which is the first in Mantri by the New York-based company, will be used for developing a 1.3 million sqft space. Mantri did not disclosewhere the project would come up. “We are thrilled that a global investor like KKR has shownconfidence in our high-end project and is confident about real estate market in Bengaluru’srealty market,” Sushil Mantri, chairman and MD of Mantri Developers, said.

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CorporateCelebrations

‘Allure’ raise for a cause: Allure Art & Events decided to give the lift to upcoming talent of the townwith the association of The Westin Hyderabad, Mindspace. Applauds for Furhung Singh’s initiative….!So, artist go for it…! Another news is Allure hosted an art exhibition ‘Layers of Memory’, of artistKishore Singh inaugurated by IAS officer Jayesh Ranjan, US Hyderabad Consul General MichaelMullins & artist Sravanthi Juluri. Hat’s off to Mr. Dietmar Kielnhofer, GM of The Westin HyderabadMindspace , who took the task to promote the art & culture.

Anniversary Wishes : The beautiful coupleSudhakar & Sangeetha Rani Gummi celebratedtheir wedding anniversary with near & dear.The gathering was too selective with stunningguests all around. Smile, selfies, gifts , flowers,music & off course the cake was ondairies.One of the special guest wearing ‘red’color was looking amazing in the party ! Guessthe name to take the return gift from thecouple.Ha ha…!!!

Handsome Couple :Here comes another hand-some couple Anil & Seema Jain, who celebrated theirwedding anniversary. All friends were expecting for ablast , but the couple were missing ! As they were ona foreign trip…! So, who gave the surprise towhom…!!! answer it,your times starts now…!!!

‘Manasvani’ for a change :The yoga expert Mansi Gulatiannounced a new NGO called‘Manasvani’.The launch is stillin discussion because of theprestigious guests & elitegathering.The young lady hastaken a move for a change andher commitment & zeal showsthat she will bring the smile onthe cheerless faces.Bestwishes to Mansi !

Celebration Time : The hap-pening couple Anand & VibhaMehta celebrated their weddinganniversary. What a day, whichcomes once in a year and bringsall that unforgettable memoriesof wedding before the eyes. Re-freshes and starts the day withmore love ! Wishes to the bestcouple.

Lakdi Ki KathiKathi Pe Ghoda…!Exclusive for kids.Yes, cradle cer-emony of Mridul &Sanjana’s cutedaughter Ira tookplace recently. Kidshad fun & eldersenjoyed the eve-ning. Awesometheme & pink-pinkambiance. Anotherpretty girl standingin group is Ira’s el-der sis Dia.

Yash achieved ‘Yash’ : The young choreographer Yash Joshi ismaking rounds in the town.This chap is rocking on the screen with hishard work . Yash Dance Institute & YDI EVENTS Presented YDIROCKSTARS 2K16 (the most awaiting summer splash dance event) ,inwhich 110 students amazed the audience recently. Guest Bina Mehta,Poonam Sharma & Shanti Devi graced the occasion., Keep rockingYash, way to go…!!!

Tremendous Treat :Mirza Mohib Baig, greatgrandson of H.E.H The VIINizam of Hyderabad set anexample by celebrating hisbirth day with the childrenof Amanvedika School.Itwas like a surprise party forthe kids, who are far-faraway from their parents.Mohib family & friends gath-ered and had a blast with thekids.Liked it Mohib ! Youmade their day by planninga get together with the kids.

Booming Brothers : Brothers MohdTauseef & Mohd Kashif both are in dis-cussion, as they are into the business ofconvention centers. The news is verysoon a new PVR convention , opp toIndira Park is coming up in it’s own glory.In fact their earlier event on mother’s daywas also in news. The screening of filmpremiers is also another initiative fromtheir side. In total both are rocking onscreens ! Brotherhood, partners, friends,bonding , caring & bhai-bhai ka pyaar areon the dairies…!!!

IPC & Bosch team organised a “Sub-Dealer Meet” at “The Manohar”hotel in the presence of PK Panish-RSD, Pradeep Anand-GM Acces-sories, Somasundaram-RM, Varun Sriram-Telangana ASM, & IPC teamPannalal Baid, Anil Baid, Prakash & Laxman & Mr. Ajay.The dealermeet got good response and it was quite successful.

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Aaj ki taza khabarMadhavi Narulla, once to be the fame of reputed

MNC , is now set to announce her own companyshortly. The name will be ‘wow wash’ ,it’s a onlinelaundry service with a pick and deliver facility.Thecompany will handle washing, ironing & dry clean-ing service too having a ‘app’ for the convenience.So, good news for the house wives !

Pooja Chawla,an expert in wedding & hos-pitality seems to be on a secret operation !Her recent pictures revealed that she is work-ing for an International ‘food & travel’ channeland collecting the outputs, that will help thechannel to set soon after it connects with thesatellite ! Hi Pooja comment on this !

Jayaram J Maya is a successful profes-sional. She is into telecom passive infrastruc-ture and handles cell towers ! Wow..! News isshe is the regional business head for threestates. She is also a style icon and has a goodtaste when it comes to fashion.Profession &fashion are moving hand in hand.

Radha Prasad is quite preferred ladyclicker for the corporate & commercialshoots.Most of the esteemed brands are al-ready with her and the rest are trying to makea way to reach her studio.She experiments togive a different and attractive look to herclicks. That’s the reason she is in news !

Nayan Futnani, the Founder of Advait-Infinite Dimensions is committed to changethe lives of the people with full of happi-ness & lot of confidence. The lady is expertin law of attraction,NLP, power of subcon-scious mind, aura scanning, happiness in-dex & goal setting-manifestation. This train-ing will give the new vision, imaginationand the courage for the better out come.So,for a change whom to contact ! Ms.Futnani…!

Here comes Alizeh Shirazi ! The princess & thephilanthropist. Spreading happiness and human-ity. Branded with compliments ! Elegant & elite….!She is the CEO of ConfiLaunch & CMD of how tolive king size life….!!! We mean queen size life !!!Loves travel and to be trendy ! That’s the reason it’snot that easy to catch her !

Bhavna Bagga, the career consultant & educa-tionist ! A cab is always near to her residence ! Why,when she has to leave for the trip, she is not aware !So, to reach airport fata-fat no need to dial the num-ber, just a jingle ‘oye-gaddi laga’ is enough ! Yes !this lady is working too hard & on the businesstrips all the time ! She is all set to announce a bigone !! Guess !

Niharika Sonal is in talk for her uniqueconcept.The ‘Etch Forever Casting Stu-dio’ is into the casting of the expressionsof hands & feet in metal finishes like gold,silver & bronze.The variants will be framedinto memorable keepsakes and meant tobe preserved for entire life.Really unique &worthy…!!!

Indu Kusuma, the rising star will soonbe on big screen.Yes ! the new face hasbagged a movie, which is on the roll. Thename of the movie is finalized, but still it willbe a suspense for some more time. Indu isworking hard and dedicated herself to theacting ! Let’s keep the fingers cross for thepremier show !

Chinna Yalamuri is on screen for her newinitiative, which is quite a unique platform.Infact already people are benefited from it.Thelady is the Director of Yuktha EntertainmentServices Pvt Ltd, this company will help out toreach the entertainers & celebrities for theevents.As of now the lady is totally dedicatedto the company.

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Tourism

South Africa to launch campaign to attractIndian tourists

South Africa has identified India as a key focus market for boosting tourism and it willshortly launch an aggressive campaign to attract tourists from there.

South African Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom announced this at the INDABA tourismfair here. He said that the country had received more than 80,000 Indian tourists last year andhis ministry planned to dedicate to India a significant part of its advertising budget of nearly $8million this year, with the objective of boosting significantly the arrivals from India.

“India has a huge potential and our challenge is to see what is needed in order for thismarket to grow and for us to get a fair share of the huge pool of Indian travellers,” Hanekomtold this correspondent. He said Indian travellers felt at home in South Africa as they had avery large population of people of Indian origin, especially in Durban.

“Mahatma Gandhi had also lived here in Durban. Here, just like in India, we have differentcultures and different religions living in harmony with one another,” he added.

INDABA, which means gathering in Zulu, has positioned itself as the largest tourism fairin the African continent and attracts participation from all African countries which come todisplay their new products and services, as tourism is an essential sector for creatingemployment as well as economic growth in the least developed continent in the world.

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In Khajuraho, foreign tourist footfall decreasesOver the last decade the temple

town of Khajuraho in Madhya Pradeshhas seen a gradual increase in thenumber of Indian tourists visiting theworld heritage site. But the number offoreign visitors has been steadily de-clining from the peak registered a fewyears back. In 2006, only 1.64 lakh In-dian tourists visited these temples. Butin 2015, the number rose to 2.79 lakh.On the other hand, the number of for-eign tourists declined from 73,843 in

2006 to 65,034 in 2015. The best seasons in the recent past in terms of foreign tourists were2011 and 2012, when nearly one lakh each year visited the small town of 30,000 people inChhatarpur district. Interestingly, Khajuraho, which depends solely on tourism and has starhotels and eateries specialising in foreign cuisines, is not celebrating the growing number ofIndian tourists. “We cater only to those who spend at least a night here as tourists, not thosewho travel from nearby places carrying their food and water and buy nothing,’’ said AnujShukla, a member of the Dharohar Guide Association, who recently hosted Nobel Prizewinner Kailash Satyarthi. Many cited poor air connectivity and bad press over harassment offoreign tourists as factors that have hit business. “I am hosting Japanese tourists after a gapof six months,’’ said Raj Kishore Tiwari, a government-approved guide.

India expects 9 lakh South East Asian touristsSome 900,000 South East Asian tourists are expected to visit India this year, up by about

15 per cent as compared to last year, boosted by e-Visas and a wide range of marketingcampaigns carried out in the region. "We are expecting 15 per cent increase in South EastAsian tourists visiting India this year, especially boosted by the introduction of e-Visa and ourpromotional campaign across the region," said R K Suman, Assistant Director at India Tour-ism office in Singapore. Last year, he estimated there was a 10 per cent on the year increasein South East Asian tourist visitors or over 754,000 to India. This year, some 900,000 touristsfrom the region are expected to visit India.

Suman promoted India's tourism sector across seven of the 10 countries in the Associa-tion of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region last year. He plans to expand the promo-tional activities and campaigns to Cambodia, Laos and Bruneinfrom this year, completing theentire markets in the grouping. "We have a wide range of promotional programmes in theASEA region, through media and television network, as well as public buses which areespecially painted with Indian tourist attractions," he said. Suman has an elaborate Indiantourist destinations programmes, saying he is bullish on the ASEAN tourists and aims tomaintain a strong double-digit annual growth in traffic flow.

Oman records 17% rise in Indiantourist arrivals in 2015

Oman received 17 per cent more Indian tourists in 2015 at 299,022 than in 2014 and the Arab nationis expanding its basket of holiday-related activities to attract more travellers from the country. "Omanreceived 299,022 Indian tourists last year, recording a 17 per cent growth over 2014," according toOman's National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The statistics also reflects a growth of 60per cent in Indian arrivals in the nation on the Arabian Peninsula in the last five years. "The increase is veryencouraging and reflects all the hard work we have put in promoting and marketing the destination in India.

"In 2014, we started promoting Oman as an ideal wedding destination for Indians as Muscat is closeto India. Our efforts were rewarded as we witnessed several large-scale weddings in the last two years,"Oman Tourism Ministry's India Representative Lubaina Sheerazi said in a release here.

She said MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) tourism in Oman has also seenan increase and the country will make efforts at hosting more such events.

Muscat has recently seen growth in the MICE market and this is expected to expand even faster withthe opening of a new Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre in the capital, Sheerazi said.

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Government to sell off 14 ITDC hotelsFourteen out of 16 perennially loss making hotels

owned by state-run ITDC will be sold off and the pro-cess to privatise them has already started, Tourismand Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said today. TheMinister said the Finance Ministry is taking forward thedisinvestment plan to totally offload government'sstakes in all the ITDC-run hotels except the Ashokaand Samrat hotels in the national capital.

He said the government decided to privatise thehotels to improve the financial health of India TourismDevelopment Corporation (ITDC), a public sector un-dertaking that currently runs 16 hotels in Delhi, Patna,Jammu, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Bhopal, Bharatpur,Jaipur, Guwahati, Mysore, Puducherry and Itanagar."The process to privatise the 14 hotels has already

been started. There are certain issues with the states and we are trying to address them," hetold. During NDA's first stint in power between 1999 and 2004, the then Vajpayee governmenthad divested its stakes in 18 ITDC hotels, bringing down the number of state-run hotels from34 to 16. Asked about the amount of money the government was eyeing to raise from thesale of the hotels, he refused to give any figure.

The Minister also said the issue of appointing a brand ambassador of Incredible Indiacampaign was "not pending" before the government. He was asked whether Tourism Minis-try has put on hold appointment of Amitabh Bachchan as face of the Incredible India cam-paign after his name appeared in the Panama Papers controversy. "The issue of appointinga brand ambassador is not pending before our government," he said.

Land of Origins - Ethiopia, trying to wooIndian tourists

ADDIS ABABA: In a bid to renew itshistorical and cultural ties with India andboost its economy through tourism, Ethio-pia has launched efforts to woo Indians,who otherwise come to the archaeolo-gically-rich country only for business pur-poses. "India has a lot of potential. We havemany common things with India includingcultural and political. We have to explore it

and start working to get more Indian tourists to Ethiopia,"Solomon Tadesse , CEO, EthiopianTourism Organisation said. Keeping the interests of the Indian middle-class in mind, Tadessesaid that they are working towards cost-effective methods and Ethiopia Airlines , the nationalcarrier of Ethiopia has been working in this respect. "A lot of Chinese tourists come here forbusiness. Indians have been coming to Ethiopia for business but not as tourists. So we areworking to get more Indian tourists and our national carrier 'Ethiopian Airlines' is contributingto this. This will be cost-effective and would help the Indian middle-class get to know moreabout our country," Tadesse said. Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, is a rugged, landlockedcountry split by the Great Rift Valley. With archaeological finds dating back more than 3 millionyears, it's a place of ancient culture. Since 1960s, many Indians have come to Ethiopia asteachers and have taught various languages among other subjects.

"Indians came in 1960 as teachers and taught different languages. In fact my headmas-ter was an Indian. So we have a long connection with India," he said. Asked how thegovernment plans to popularise Ethiopia as a tourist destination in India, Tadesse said thatthey are organising roadshows - which are a threesome of the embassies, airlines office andtourism organisation.

"We are organising roadshows in India. We are also inviting potential mega tour opera-tors along with our local tour operators. Its a one-day drill where we also make presentationabout Ethiopia's potential," Tadesse added.

MP Tourism wins 'Best Indian Destinationfor Wildlife' award

Madhya Pradesh Tourism (MPT) hasreceived the "Best Indian Destination forWildlife" award by the Lonely Planet Group.The award was handed over to MPT at afunction in Mumbai yesterday by actressAmy Jackson, an official release said to-day. On behalf of MPT Chairman, his Of-ficer on Special Duty (OSD), Vinod KumarAmar received the award. Madhya Pradeshhas 25 wild life sanctuaries including nineNational Parks. Among them Kanha,Bandhavgarh and Pench are ideal habitatfor tigers. Madhya Pradesh has launched

number of programmes for the conservation of flora and fauna because of which Kanha andPench were regarded as the most beautiful national parks in Asia while Bandhavgarh andPench are known world over because of tiger reserves.

Kerala Tourism makes further inroads in ChinaKerala Tourism has showcased the

best of Gods Own Country at the BeijingInternational Tourism Expo (BITE) 2016,one of the worlds most prestigious traveland trade fairs.

It was for the second time Kerala wasfeatured at the annual forum, whichbrings together major players in thehugely lucrative Chinese outbound tour-ism market, widely considered theworlds largest by volume, Kerala Tour-ism said in a statement here today.

Led by Kerala Tourism Director U V Jose, the team saw judicious representation from thestates leading hoteliers, Ayurvedic resorts and tour operators. According to Jose, the state"aspires to augment the strong destination pull it already enjoys. The modern traveller ingeneral, and the Chinese visitor in particular, is always expanding his/her horizons, seekingout ever newer experiences," he said. "The objective of such tourism facilitation initiativesand participation in such high-profile industry events is to highlight the wondrous possibilitieson offer in Kerala,? the official added. To this end, the expansive Kerala pavilion sought torenew the focus on the state?s rich legacy of martial arts, holistic medical traditions, thebeauty of its backwaters and its snakeboat races. As was the case last year, the display wasan instant hit with the hosts and the Kerala stand saw an impressive number of footfalls asalso inquiries ? particularly about Ayurveda. "It speaks to the successful branding andmarketing of Kerala that most of the visitors to the state pavilion knew about our Ayurveda,Kalaripayattu and our backwaters," Jose said.